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Sniffer dogs could prowl corridors of power amid claims drug abuse is rife
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Dec 05, 2021 11:48am |
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| Author | Caroline Wheeler and Rosamund Urwin |
| News Date | Sunday, December 5, 2021 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sniffer dogs could be deployed across the parliamentary estate under plans for a drugs crackdown by the Commons authorities.
The Speaker has promised to call in the police amid growing evidence of cocaine and other illegal substances being used in parliament. Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he would investigate Westminster’s drug culture after traces of cocaine were detected in a number of places accessible only to people with parliamentary passes.
Separately, the Conservative MP Charles Walker, who chairs the administration committee, said that the issue would be discussed by the House of Commons Commission next week. “The House of Commons has a long history of using sniffer dogs to detect explosives,” he said. “It may be that we now need to broaden the range of sniffer dogs . . . to include those which can detect drugs.”
Commons officials received reports last month that cannabis could be smelt in the open space between Portcullis House and 1 Parliament Street. It came after it was revealed that two drug dealers were arrested and 13 people were detained for drugs possession on or around the parliamentary estate in the space of a year.
Now many sources have described casual cocaine use by a group of MPs and detection wipes found evidence of the class A drug in 11 out of 12 locations tested in the building, including places accessible only to those with parliamentary passes. |
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